LIVE THREAD: President Bush News Conference 03/06/03

http://freerepublic.com ^ | March 6, 2003

[Howlin]

President Bush's new conference regarding current events

[Howlin]

I am praying we're going to have a "Hey, Hans, how'd you miss THIS stuff?" moment.

[Carolinamom]

I went to google.com the other day to read Blix's biography. Found that he himself had been a member of the UN for over 10 years and has been appointed as UN inspector on other occasions as well. Read it; it's an eye opener.

[Palladin]

The President is doing what he must to prevent another 9-11.

For the few on this thread who have already forgotten 9-11, I urge you to go to this site to refresh your memories.

http://www.jeffhead.com/attack/

[RummyChick]

oh god , please no...I will be glued to my tv set tomorrow but I also know that I won't remember a darn thing he says because I will zone it out after listening to his monotone for about 45 seconds.

[muslims=borg]

The last thing American citizens want to hear is that Iraq has been carrying out low-grade guerrilla warfare inside the United States since 1993.

Well, I've always assumed that anyway, who hasn't ?

[Howlin]

From what I heard, unless somebody asks him for it point blank, it will never see the light of day.

[floriduh voter]

Dubya is trying to speak softly and carry a big stick imo. Dubya is simply not acting "gung ho" which is fine with me. He gave the left no ammunition to that effect to use at their little protests.

[Cloud William]

In other words, you don't have any evidence that Iraq is behind 9-11. Back when I thought Saddam was at fault, I was gung-ho for war. Now that they haven't shown us any evidence, I've back off, and dont' see any reason to treat him differently than we're treating N Korea. You say we'll "get to N Korea in due time" But Bush disagrees - he says diplomacy and containment will work for N Korea.

Bush did not rule out anything with regard to North Korea. He simply stated that for now, our policy is one of urging the nations directly threatened by NK nukes to become involved. There is certainly some evidence that Japan has received the message. Frankly, I don't care that *you* don't see the differences in dealing with two different situations. You're just obtuse, the rest of us can see that.

As far as evidence linking Iraq with terrorist activity, somehow I doubt that you've got insider info from NSA, CIA or the Pentagon. What you know and don't know is irrelevant, after all: "In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies."

Care to guess whose quote that is?

[Cloud William]

In other words, you don't have any evidence that Iraq is behind 9-11. Back when I thought Saddam was at fault, I was gung-ho for war. Now that they haven't shown us any evidence, I've back off, and dont' see any reason to treat him differently than we're treating N Korea. You say we'll "get to N Korea in due time" But Bush disagrees - he says diplomacy and containment will work for N Korea.

Bush did not rule out anything with regard to North Korea. He simply stated that for now, our policy is one of urging the nations directly threatened by NK nukes to become involved. There is certainly some evidence that Japan has received the message. Frankly, I don't care that *you* don't see the differences in dealing with two different situations. You're just obtuse, the rest of us can see that.

As far as evidence linking Iraq with terrorist activity, somehow I doubt that you've got insider info from NSA, CIA or the Pentagon. What you know and don't know is irrelevant, after all: "In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies."

Care to guess whose quote that is?

[PhiKapMom]

I read it and thought -- another bureaucrat! According to Kay he is even worse then I thought!

[allodialman]

Hey what's the idea of baiting us, If you know something.......out with it! :)

[Howlin]

LOL.....we'll have to get the Cliff Notes!

[sheikdetailfeather]

Speaking of rolling...the following are sentiments from my brother, retired army, who watched the Bush speech...."The dogs barked and the caravans rolled on!"

[SierraWasp]

Yeah, but... He didn't get approval from Congress AND the Useless Nuisance (UN), either!!!

[PhiKapMom]

If you ever get out here to flyover country, take in the Bombing memorial Museum -- it is really telling!

[George W. Bush]

The real GWB vehemently disagrees with you and made that quite clear tonight.

I was just saying that Blix is in a diplomatic job with a lot of political issues involved. There are certain facts that Blix just doesn't want to present.

If he were strictly a fact-finder, we'd already have all the evidence Bush wants presented. This is why Blair's man, Straw, was working today to ratchet the pressure to make Blix produce the real report tomorrow, the 160-page document with the real evidence against Saddam.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Helen is there, she's hanging upside down from the chandelier!

Earlier, she was sighted in the lobby trying to pick flowers off of the wallpaper, then her handlers carried her away.

[muslims=borg]

I've started connecting some dots here over the last few days, and the U.S. government doesn't come out of this looking very good.

By "government" you must mean Clinton? We already know he's a jackass.

[Carolinamom]

Amen! Another LIVE Thread coming up! I dread having to hear Kofi Anan's prissy voice and Blix blandly making plans to take soil samples in Iraq with 100 additional inspection team members.

Enough of the UNspeak. There comes a time for action and it is now.

[Howlin]